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Re: [PATCH net-next 3/4] bpf: add support for persistent maps/progs

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On 10/22/2015 12:44 AM, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
...
> all users) When you have to hack drivers/base/core.c to get there it
> should have been a warning sign that something is wrong with
> this cdev approach.

Hmm, you know, this had nothing to do with it, merely to save ~20 LoC
that I can do just as well inside BPF framework. No changes in driver
API needed.

>> I've read the discussion passively and my take away is that, frankly,
>> I think the differences are somewhat minor. Both architectures can
>> scale to what we need. Both will do the job. I'm slightly worried about
>> exposing uAPI as a FS, I think that didn't work too well for sysfs. It's
>> pretty much a define the format once and never touch it again kind of
>> deal.
>
> It's even worse in cdev style since it piggy backs on sysfs.

I don't mind with what approach we're going in the end, but this kind
of discussion is really tiring, and not going anywhere.

Lets just make a beer call, so we can hash out a way forward that works
for everyone.

On that note: cheers! ;)
Daniel
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Re: [PATCH net-next 3/4] bpf: add support for persistent maps/progs Alexei Starovoitov <ast@plumgrid.com> - 2015-10-18 06:40 +0200
  Re: [PATCH net-next 3/4] bpf: add support for persistent maps/progs Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> - 2015-10-18 17:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH net-next 3/4] bpf: add support for persistent maps/progs Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> - 2015-10-18 18:50 +0200
      Re: [PATCH net-next 3/4] bpf: add support for persistent maps/progs Alexei Starovoitov <ast@plumgrid.com> - 2015-10-18 23:00 +0200
        Re: [PATCH net-next 3/4] bpf: add support for persistent maps/progs Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org> - 2015-10-19 09:40 +0200
          Re: [PATCH net-next 3/4] bpf: add support for persistent maps/progs Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> - 2015-10-19 12:00 +0200
            Re: [PATCH net-next 3/4] bpf: add support for persistent maps/progs Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> - 2015-10-19 16:30 +0200
              Re: [PATCH net-next 3/4] bpf: add support for persistent maps/progs Alexei Starovoitov <ast@plumgrid.com> - 2015-10-19 18:30 +0200
                Re: [PATCH net-next 3/4] bpf: add support for persistent maps/progs Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> - 2015-10-19 19:40 +0200
                Re: [PATCH net-next 3/4] bpf: add support for persistent maps/progs Alexei Starovoitov <ast@plumgrid.com> - 2015-10-19 20:20 +0200
                Re: [PATCH net-next 3/4] bpf: add support for persistent maps/progs Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org> - 2015-10-19 20:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH net-next 3/4] bpf: add support for persistent maps/progs Alexei Starovoitov <ast@plumgrid.com> - 2015-10-19 21:40 +0200
                Re: [PATCH net-next 3/4] bpf: add support for persistent maps/progs Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org> - 2015-10-19 22:10 +0200
                Re: [PATCH net-next 3/4] bpf: add support for persistent maps/progs Alexei Starovoitov <ast@plumgrid.com> - 2015-10-19 22:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH net-next 3/4] bpf: add support for persistent maps/progs Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> - 2015-10-20 00:20 +0200
                Re: [PATCH net-next 3/4] bpf: add support for persistent maps/progs Alexei Starovoitov <ast@plumgrid.com> - 2015-10-20 02:40 +0200
                Re: [PATCH net-next 3/4] bpf: add support for persistent maps/progs Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> - 2015-10-20 10:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH net-next 3/4] bpf: add support for persistent maps/progs Alexei Starovoitov <ast@plumgrid.com> - 2015-10-20 20:00 +0200
                Re: [PATCH net-next 3/4] bpf: add support for persistent maps/progs ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) - 2015-10-20 21:10 +0200
                Re: [PATCH net-next 3/4] bpf: add support for persistent maps/progs Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> - 2015-10-21 17:20 +0200
                Re: [PATCH net-next 3/4] bpf: add support for persistent maps/progs Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch> - 2015-10-21 20:40 +0200
                Re: [PATCH net-next 3/4] bpf: add support for persistent maps/progs Alexei Starovoitov <ast@plumgrid.com> - 2015-10-22 00:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH net-next 3/4] bpf: add support for persistent maps/progs Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> - 2015-10-22 15:30 +0200
                Re: [PATCH net-next 3/4] bpf: add support for persistent maps/progs ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) - 2015-10-22 21:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH net-next 3/4] bpf: add support for persistent maps/progs Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> - 2015-10-23 15:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH net-next 3/4] bpf: add support for persistent maps/progs Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org> - 2015-10-20 11:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH net-next 3/4] bpf: add support for persistent maps/progs Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org> - 2015-10-20 01:10 +0200
                Re: [PATCH net-next 3/4] bpf: add support for persistent maps/progs Alexei Starovoitov <ast@plumgrid.com> - 2015-10-20 03:10 +0200
                Re: [PATCH net-next 3/4] bpf: add support for persistent maps/progs Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org> - 2015-10-20 12:10 +0200
                Re: [PATCH net-next 3/4] bpf: add support for persistent maps/progs Alexei Starovoitov <ast@plumgrid.com> - 2015-10-20 20:50 +0200

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